IDB3179 - Manager, Monitoring & Evaluation

The Monitoring and Evaluation Function oversees development performance monitoring and results reporting in ITFC. The unit reports to the General Manager, Strategy and is organizationally independent from operations within ITFC.

The main role of the Function is to act as a provider of technical expertise, advice, coordination, knowledge, quality assurance, and reporting on development results measurement and assessment. It is also responsible for overseeing ITFC’s corporate results framework and for conducting ex-post evaluations.

The Manager, Monitoring & Evaluation will support the Senior Manager, Monitoring & Evaluation in managing and strengthening ITFC’s self-evaluation function and ensuring a smooth implementation of ITFC’s monitoring and evaluation policies, procedures, frameworks, and activities. 

Core Responsibilities

Provide high-quality and timely support to the Senior Manager in delivering the following Monitoring and Evaluation activities:

Quality at-entry and self-assessment

• Maintaining ITFC self-evaluation policy, processes and data collection and reporting tools
• Providing guidance to operational departments (TFD and T&BD) to assess and monitor the development effectiveness and ESG risks of ITFC operations at various stages in the transaction/project cycle.
• Providing review and quality assurance in terms of data accuracy, completeness, and reliability of ITFC’s self-evaluation reporting tools (credit memorandums, design, monitoring, completion, self-assessment reports)
• Managing ITFC’s scoring methodology to assess ex-ante ESG/development impact and ensure its consistency and reliability to inform decision-making.
• Identifying and recommending ways to improve ITFC ESG/development impact scores and quality at entry of transactions/projects. Engage operational departments to integrate lessons into transaction origination/project design.

Data collection, analysis, and reporting

• Maintaining the ITFC corporate results framework to monitor and assess ITFC development/ESG performance and ensure it is continuously improved and aligned with strategic priorities.
• Strengthening ITFC’s data governance, protocols and data collection tools and methods.
• In partnership with the Digital and Operational Excellence Department, supporting the design and implementation of a results management system to track and report the outputs and outcomes of ITFC’s interventions.
• Producing the annual development effectiveness report. This will require external data collection and an extensive internal portfolio analysis to evaluate ITFC development impact over the year across specific development themes.
• Ensuring that ITFC’s reported data is accurate, credible, and verified through an independent assurance process.

Ex-post evaluation

• Conducting ex-post evaluations in line with ITFC’s Evaluation Policy and Procedures
• Managing ITFC’s Platform to track the implementation of evaluation recommendations. Producing quarterly report on the implementation of evaluation recommendations.

Stakeholder engagement and knowledge management

• Participating in external and internal working groups/committees to share knowledge and harmonize best practice for development effectiveness among peers’ institutions.
• Identifying lessons learned from evaluations/monitoring data and communicating them through a dedicated knowledge platform and other appropriate dissemination tools.
• Raising awareness on ESG and development effectiveness related matters in ITFC

Any other job as may be assigned by the Senior Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics, International Development, Environmental Management, or a related field.
• Masters Degree is preferred.

▪ English is compulsory

▪ Arabic and/or French are preferable

• At least 5 years of professional experience overall.
• At least 3 of which from a reputable multilateral development institution with a strong focus on sustainability, development effectiveness and results assessment, monitoring and evaluation.
• Specific experience in monitoring and assessing ESG corporate performance will be highly valued.